Jennifer is a Hallmark writer and culinary student who is always on the hunt for new, easy recipes for celebrating the holidays and seasons.
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri
Artistic style
Easy peasy
Inspiration
A family of good cooks and big eaters!
Happy place
Cooking in my kitchen with the music blaring.
Favorite project or work of art
Any art you can eat
Fall sugar cookies shaped like a leaf, covered in white royal icing and garnished with green, red, orange and yellow colored rice cereal.

Dessert Fall sugar cookies

Fall sugar cookies bring all the fun and color of autumn leaves to delicious sugar cookies. This kid-friendly baking ...

Bite-sized apple cider donut holes coated in cinnamon sugar.

Dessert Apple cider donut holes

Apple cider donut holes are as lovely as they are tasty. With cinnamon-sugar and apple cider flavor, these moist, bit...

Bacon chocolate chip cookies with pieces of crispy bacon.

Dessert Bacon chocolate chip cookies

Drop-dead delicious. Crispy bacon and toasted pecan pieces help our already amazing chocolate chip cookie recipe bold...

Strawberry Santas in a sleigh with mascarpone heads and gel icing details.

Dessert Strawberry Santas

Looking for a healthier Christmas treat to add to your holiday party? These Strawberry Santas make being healthy much...

Green Christmas meringue cookies shaped and decorated like Christmas trees.

Dessert Christmas meringue cookies

With a little green food coloring and egg whites, build a fluffy forest of Christmas meringue cookies shaped like tre...

Play with your food: Valentine's Day treats

Valentine's Day Play with your food: Valentine's Day treats

All you need is love (and a few simple ingredients) to make our seven fun and easy Valentine treats.

Ricotta crostini with toasted bread, creamy ricotta, roasted butternut squash and a sage leaf garnish.

Appetizer & Snacks Ricotta crostini with roasted butternut squash

This ricotta crostini is just right when you want a plate of fall gorgeousness that doesn’t take much work to put tog...

Valentine's Day cupcake with pink frosting, a marshmallow heart on top and an arrow garnish made of gummy candy.

Dessert Cupid Valentine’s Day cupcakes

Cupid hits his mark with these fabulous Valentine's Day cupcakes complete with an arrow made from a wooden skewer and...

Vodka eyeball highball cocktail with a green

Drinks Vodka eyeball highball

This vodka eyeball highball is the drink that watches your every move. The squishy garnish is made with gelatin disso...

Egg nog pie with gingerbread crust with a ring of whipped cream around the outside and one dollop of whip in the middle.

Dessert Egg nog pie

Two of the best things about the holidays are egg nog and pie. Putting those things together makes them exponentially...

Cat cookies with candy corn eyes, chocolate nose and marks for whiskers.

Dessert Cat cookies

Cat cookies are just like their feline counterparts: sweet and cute with a little bit of attitude. Bring these cute b...

Valentine snack mix with white chocolate coating, mixed with pink heart sprinkles, chocolate candies and white chocolate pretzels.

Appetizer & Snacks Valentine snack mix

Need an easy Valentine's Day party treat? We've got you covered with this sweet and simple Valentine snack mix. This ...